Defining urban resilience

Resilience is about surviving and thriving, regardless of the challenge.

Urban resilience is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience.

CHRONIC STRESSES

weaken the fabric of a city on a day-to-day or cyclical basis

Examples include: high unemployment, inefficient public transportation systems, endemic violence, and chronic food and water shortages.